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Smith, Marian; Hepworth, Mark – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2007
This paper describes an exploratory, qualitative study of the motivational issues associated with project work--a method intended to help encourage independent learning skills. The population studied were United Kingdom secondary school students who attended a state-funded comprehensive school in Derbyshire. The study chose to explore why…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Independent Study, Focus Groups, Foreign Countries
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Giese, Ronald N.; And Others – Science Teacher, 1992
Provides a model that maps out five stages of relating library and scientific research: (1) establish an interest; (2) narrow a topic; (3) clarify the variables; (4) refine the procedures; and (5) interpret the unexpected. Provides a student questionnaire for selecting a topic and a format for general note taking. (MDH)
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Library Research, Library Skills, Models